“These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves”
– Gilbert Highet

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Minds on Shelves

Every book, including those shown on these pages, is a part of someone's mind. Each time we turn a page, another person's thoughts--from a thousand years ago or only yesterday--are revealed. Books--letters organized into words and sentences and paragraphs--entertain, inform, teach and, in the case of great books, change other minds.
We all "write." Few people get by today without some form of printed page. However, as soon as we put pen to paper, or tap a few buttons on a keyboard, with the intention of making our thoughts endure, we become "writers." We may write only for ourselves, a diary or memoir that satisfies a personal need. If, on the other hand, we aspire to write for others--and if our "writing" influences or entertains or, ideally, does both--then we can remove the quotation marks and join the guild at whatever level our skill and perseverance permit. Our minds are placed on the shelves with the others, available to all who choose to explore them.

My Novels

My novels reside on a shelf a few feet away. I've created this website in the hope that they'll find a place on other shelves. My blog is about words and books and readers and writers. And writing--especially about writing. There are many opportunities to interact, and I hope you will find the time to do so. I believe we'll have lots to talk about. Let's put our minds together.